RE: [MLUG] good mobo for simple system?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Davis, Jared Scott wrote:

> Speaking of monitors, I just got this bad boy not too long ago:
>
> Acer AL2416Wd Silver 24" 6ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1
> 0.27mm Pixel Pitch - Retail
> $697.99
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824009061


I'll bet it is great, but it costs $700!  I ordered this yesterday at 
almost 5:00 pm local time and it was here before noon today:

Hanns·G HC-194D Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor
http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?sku=6732798&srccode=cii_5766179&cpncode=08-11504996-2

I put down $268 including overnight charges, but I'm supposed to get back 
$120 in rebates, so I'll pay $148 including S/H *overnight*!  I'm using it 
right now as a second DVI monitor along with a $350 Viewsonic DVI.  I put 
an image up on Firefox and I push it back and forth between the two 
displays or split it down the middle between displays.  The Hanns is 
running at 1280x1024 and the Viewsonic is running at 1680x1050, so images 
look a little smaller on the Viewsonic.  The Hanns is just great in this 
digital mode.  The text is beautifully sharp and colors are bright.  The 
difference is in photos:  the Hanns display is not as good as the 
Viewsonic with colors.  The Hanns tends to be too brightly colorful.  I 
can't seem to adjust that.  I don't know quite how to describe this issue 
in the images -- in some ways I like them better but I think the colors 
are brighter than they are supposed to be.  I will say that the Hanns 
beats the Viewsonic on whites and grays because the Viewsonic is a little 
yellow and not quite as fully white as the Hanns.  I don't see a single 
dead pixel nor a single always-on pixel on the Hanns.

Of course, I don't know if it will still be working next year, but I have 
no reason to believe the Hanns will fail.  My evaluation of the Hanns·G 
HC-194D running from DVI input is that it is a *great* buy.  I am very 
surprised that it is possible to get this good of a monitor for this kind 
of money (only $109.95 after rebate and before S/H; TigerDirect has it for 
$150 after rebate and before S/H).

Mike

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